Premier Steel Stockholding Limited
Registered name: PREMIER STEEL STOCKHOLDING LIMITED
Premier Steel Stockholding Limited made £30.2m revenue and £233k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026. read from filing text
Premier Steel Stockholding Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £30.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £233k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company was under the control of the directors during the current and previous year.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.4m | £29.8m | £30.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £23.1m | £23.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.7m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £217k | £146k | £722k |
| Profit before tax | £149k | £50.6k | £307k |
| Profit after tax | £98.4k | £44k | £233k |
| Profit (best available) | £98.4k | £44k | £233k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £5.5m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 42 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.5% | 22.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £594k | £709k | £703k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £1k | £5.4k |
| Cash conversion | −677% | 493.2% | −87% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼55.3% | ▲428.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £234k | £82.4k |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £5.6m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £397k | £353k | £382k |
| Current assets | £12.8m | £16.2m | £18.2m |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £7.7m | £8.1m |
| Deferred income | −£16.3k | £22.2k | £89.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | £722k | −£628k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £703k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −87%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲4%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £82.4k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▲302%
- Now £89.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £382k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £233k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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